DDRC denies porch enclosure at 3111 Lakewood Avenue, allows staff approval if enclosure is primarily glass

The Design/Development Review Commission denied a certificate of design approval for a porch enclosure at 3111 Lakewood Avenue, citing conflict with Section 5 of the Earlwood Protection Area guidelines, and amended its action to allow staff to approve a revised design if the applicant makes all porch bays primarily glass.

City historic preservation staff told the commission the house is a 1940 brick bungalow and that the applicant's design used large areas of solid Hardie board cladding on two of the four porch bays, which would “detract from the existing architectural form and design of the building and create a false sense of historical development.” Staff recommended denial and offered to accept…